Arisaema

Translingual

Arisaema speciosum, in flower

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin arum (“Arum dracunculus, now Dracunculus vulgaris”) + Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”), for the dark purplish-red stripes on several species' spathes

Proper noun

Arisaema n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – Jack-in-the-pulpits and cobra lilies.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; "Angiospermae" – superclass; Magnoliopsida – class; Lilianae – superorder; Alismatales – order; Araceae – family; Aroideae - subfamily; Arisaemateae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Arisaema speciosum (cobralily, showy cobralily) - type species; Arisaema amurense, Arisaema concinnum, Arisaema consanguineum, Arisaema dracontium (green dragon), Arisaema elephas, Arisaema erubescens, Arisaema fargesii, Arisaema fimbriatum, Arisaema flavum, Arisaema formosanum, Arisaema griffithii, Arisaema heterophyllum, Arisaema honbaense, Arisaema japonicum, Arisaema macrospathum, Arisaema nepenthoides, Arisaema ovale, Arisaema peninsulae, Arisaema polyphyllum, Arisaema propinquum (Wallich's cobra lily), Arisaema ringens, Arisaema serratum (Japanese arisaema), Arisaema sikokianum, Arisaema thunbergii (Asian jack-in-the-pulpit), Arisaema tortuosum (whipcord cobra lily), Arisaema tosaense, Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) - other species

References

• Arisaema on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arisaema on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Arisaema on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Arisaema at USDA Plants database
• Arisaema at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Arisaema at the Catalogue of Life 
• Arisaema at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Aroideae at APWeb
• Arisaema at Plants of the World Online
• Arisaema at Tropicos